1. E-books for Skills Hugh Look, Project manager, E-books for
Skills, JISC CollectionsJISC Collections
2. The E-books for Skills project Builds on JISC Collections
highly successful E-books for FE project 3,000 titles30 million
pages viewedDelivered to PCs (not dedicated readers)Paid for by
central budget until at least August 2014Sponsored by BIS, run by
JISC CollectionsAims to reach new types of learner and learning
provider Any learning provider receiving SFA funding (also some
other forms of public funding)Learners in the community (ACL)At
work (WBL)OffendersJISC Collections
3. New resources to license Starting with subset of E-books for
FE catalogue 60 titlesSelected in consultation with FEsLicences
allow very flexible usee.g. cut-and-paste extracts to VLEIdentify
and license further titles in consultation with LPsMove beyond pure
e-books Interactive resourcesVideosTestingDownside is cost to
license: likely to be much higherSo fewer resources if we go this
routeJISC Collections
4. Table of contents in web readerJISC Collections
5. Page viewed in web readerJISC Collections
6. What the e-books can be used for JISC Collections usually
takes a master licence Colleges, HEIs, schools, learning providers
sign a sub-licence We negotiate widest range of uses and the
smallest range of restrictions we can Special attention to using
content in teachingJISC Collections
7. .may for Educational Purposes only: allow Authorised Users
to electronically save parts of the Licensed Materials;allow
Authorised Users to print out copies of parts of the Licensed
Materials;provide single printed or electronic copies of parts of
the Licensed Materials at the request of individual Authorised
Users;incorporate parts of the Licensed Materials for use by
Authorised Users in printed and electronic course packs, study
packs, resource lists and in any other material (including but not
limited to multi-media works) to be used in the course of
instruction and/or in virtual and managed environments (including
but not limited to virtual learning environments, managed learning
environments, virtual research environments and library
environments) hosted on a Secure Network. Each item shall carry
appropriate acknowledgement of the source, listing title and
copyright owner. Course packs in non-electronic non-print
perceptible form, such as Braille, may also be offered to
Authorised Users;allow Authorised Users to incorporate parts of the
Licensed Materials in printed or electronic form in assignments and
portfolios, theses and in dissertations (the Academic Works),
including reproductions of the Academic Works for personal use and
library deposit, if such use conforms to the customary and usual
practice of the Sub-Licensee. Reproductions in printed or
electronic form of Academic Works may be provided to sponsors of
such Academic Works. Each item shall carry appropriate
acknowledgement of the source, listing title and copyright
ownerJISC Collections
8. Immediate objectives Get some demonstrators up and running
Identify learning providers willing to jump through a few hoops to
provide additional resources to their ACL/WBL leaners Especially to
authenticate them Identify most relevant titles from the current
offering Set up (and fund if necessary) small demonstratorIdentify
areas of most interest to ACL/WBL learning providers and check our
list against them E.g. for materials on functional skills Need to
start negotiating with other publishersUp to 400K to spend on
licensing new resourcesWork out authentication strategy Publishers
require individual authentication for using e-booksThis is a
complex problemNeeds learning providers to be able to give
individual students credentialsRequires membership of UK Access
Management FederationJISC Collections
9. Whats in it for learning providers? The opportunity to work
with JISC Collections and publishers to identify the best way to
get e-books to ACL and WBL learners Find out how to overcome the
challenges involved in doing so. Acquire vital knowledge of how to
improve learning using e-books in WBL and ACL And the practical
steps needed to do so. Access to free e-books and other licensed
resources during and beyond the demonstrator A small budget for
development or process reengineering Set-up of authentication
infrastructure for future use with WBL and ACLJISC Collections